新墨西哥大学教育学院内的辅导员教育课程提供经辅导和相关教育计划认证委员会（CACREP）认可的硕士学位和博士学位。硕士学位课程要求至少60个学期的学分时数，旨在让学生发展职业咨询师所需的能力。目前可提供临床心理健康咨询（以前称为社区咨询）和学校咨询的课程。目前，《临床心理健康咨询》课程已获得2001年《社区咨询标准》的认可，成为一项社区咨询计划。2009年标准将先前的两个领域（社区和心理健康）纳入了临床心理健康咨询。作为常规重新认证过程的一部分，辅导员教育计划正在寻求根据2009年临床心理健康咨询计划标准
Counseling is a professional relationship that empowers diverse individuals, families, and groups to accomplish mental health, wellness, education, and career goals. People have many different reasons for deciding they want to become a counselor. Some people choose this career because they once had a good experience with a counselor during a difficult time in their own life and they want to “pay it forward.” Another person may have done some volunteer work at a crisis hotline and realized that they enjoyed both the challenges and joys of working with clients facing difficult times. Yet another person may have been told that they are a good listener, and they ought to consider working as a mental health professional.